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A Companion to Greek Rhetoric

ISBN: 978-0-470-99716-1

November 2007

Wiley-Blackwell

640 pages

Description
This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers.
  • Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium
  • Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion
  • Incorporates new material giving us fresh insights into how the Greeks saw and used rhetoric
  • Discusses the idea of rhetoric and examines the status of rhetoric studies, present and future
  • All quotations from ancient sources are translated into English
About the Author
Ian Worthington is Frederick A. Middlebush Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. His previous publications include Demosthenes: Statesman and Orator (2000), Alexander the Great: A Reader (2003), and a biography, Alexander the Great: Man and God (2004).
Features

  • A current and comprehensive guide to Greek rhetoric.
  • Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium.
  • Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion.
  • Incorporates new material giving us fresh insights into how the Greeks saw and used rhetoric.
  • Discusses the idea of rhetoric, the status of rhetoric studies (present and future), and summarises the various chapters of the volume.
  • All quotations from ancient sources are translated into English.